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Kornacki: Hirsch Defies Odds to Earn Second Chance on the Gridiron

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The best football players, like the best at anything, don't know when to quit.

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When they are told they have a "life-threatening" autoimmune disease, they don't give up on their dreams. When they can't play football any more at Harvard because they are undergoing chemotherapy treatments, they become a team manager, doing anything they can to continue contributing.

And, when they recover from numerous complications, surgery, enter into joyous remission, graduate from one of the greatest schools in the world and get a great job on Wall Street, they aren't quite satisfied.